Re: Install W2K over XP

I have an XP 1700+ cpu. It has Win XP on it now and since
it won't run my HP scanner 3300 C, want find my new Maxtor
120GHD I want to go back to Win2000. Will a XP box run
Win 2000. I tried to install 2000 but it fails about 2/3
way through the install.

If I can't get 2000 to load on this PC I will either have
to replace it with a new mother board (Not an XP board &
CPU) or go to Linux.

HELP
>-----Original Message-----
>You'll need to boot from the W2k CD, blow away the
partition & recreate it.
>Make sure you have all the right drivers first...
>
>Note - I myself used to be very anti XP, before
>
>a) it had been around long enough to become stable, and
have at least one SP
>released and
>b) I discovered how to disable the annoying made-for-
teenage-gamers Fisher
>Price interface.
>
>You do know that they're basically the same OS, right?
Most of the changes
>are cosmetic - and better multimedia stuff, some cooler
networking
>features.. If I were you I'd leave on WXP and just use
the 'classic' Windows
>interface.... save a lot of time, too. Just my two cents.
Of course, if this
>is XP Home, and you need to join a domain,
fehgeddaboutit....do 2k.
>
>Harry the Horse wrote:
>> I am planning to buy a new PC. I don't want to run the
XP that will
>> come as standard on the new computer, so I plan to
install an old
>> retail copy of W2K over the XP. I don't want to dual
boot; I want to
>> obliterate the XP installation.
>>
>> Does anyone know whether the W2K install will let me do
this or
>> whether there is some preparation I should perform
before inserting
>> the W2K setup CD.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> HTH.
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